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Name: PROGRES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1872
Completed: 1872
Builder: Edward Lindsay
Yard: St Lawrence, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 244grt, 166nrt, 130.7 x 21.9 x 10.5ft; (1876: 252grt, 136nrt)
Engines: CI2cyl (18 & 32 x 22ins), 50nhp
Engines by: Bowden Bros, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67018
History:
1872 Lamy & Sons, Caen
1877 George Bazeley, Penzance; registered at Penzance
by 1888 James H Bennetts, Penzance
21/06/1895 Sank
Comments: 21/06/1895: Sank following a collision 4m west of the Lizard
On a voyage from Gloucester to London with a cargo of salt